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Featured Sci-fi: Artifact (Old Man’s Comeback Book 1) by John Walker

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Featured Sci-fi: Artifact—Old Man Comeback by John Walker

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Veteran soldier Raymond “Flip” Kinnely believed his battle days were behind him.

Now, in the quiet twilight of his life, he toils as a janitor for a powerful military contractor, far from the chaos of war. But when he arrives to find his workplace in lockdown, his routine is shattered.

An otherworldly artifact has been discovered, harbored deep in the compound. As his employers attempt to understand how it works, a mysterious prisoner stands on the verge of a brutal interrogation. Through a chance encounter, Flip hears her plea for help. Drawn to her vulnerability, he discovers she may be the only thing standing between Earth and a coming disaster.

Flip must decide: will he walk away and condemn an innocent to torture and death? Or stand against his ruthless employers?

In a moment when age and experience weigh heavily, can one former warrior summon the courage to defy the odds?

Featured Sci-fi: The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey (Brainship Book 1) by Anne McCaffrey

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Featured Sci-fi: The Ship Who Sang by Anne McCaffrey (Brainship Book 1) by Anne McCaffrey

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A Sci-fi Classic on Sale!

Helva had been born human, but only her brain had been saved—saved to be schooled, programmed, and implanted into the sleek titanium body of an intergalactic scout ship. But first she had to choose a human partner—male or female—to share her exhilirating excapades in space!

Her life was to be rich and rewarding . . . resplendent with daring adventures and endless excitement, beyond the wildest dreams of mere mortals.

Gifted with the voice of an angel and being virtually indestructable, Helva XH-834 antipitated a sublime immortality.

Then one day she fell in love!

Featured Sci-fi: Colonies—the Forever World Complete Series by Ethan Rhodes

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Colonies—the Forever World Complete Series by Ethan Rhodes

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A DEAD MAN’S QUEST IS NEVER OVER…
Nearly 1000 PAGES of riveting space opera with action, mystery, and everything in between!

Zane Lucas inherits more than his wildest dreams from a man he’s never met. The same week a mysterious cluster of drones appears before him during a random border patrol. Who sent them in the first place?

Earth’s alliance with the Gral is on the brink of collapse. The 43 colonies are under duress, and an unknown entity is coming for them.

His father vanished long ago in the heat of battle, and Zane can’t help but think there’s a connection. With the help of unlikely allies, a robot butler, and all the credits imaginable, Zane takes on the search for a fabled planet that might turn the tides in humanity’s favor.

Their only chance at real peace is to start a war.

Follow along with…

The Colonies: The Forever World Complete Series

Included within:

The Forever World
The Invisible Colony
The Frozen Outpost

Featured Sci-fi: Star Dragon by James David Victor

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Featured Sci-fi: Star Dragon by James David Victor

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Immortality can be nice. Of course, having your consciousness downloaded into a robot and being forced to serve the galactic emperor as an Imperial Marine isn’t exactly life in paradise.

A Science Fiction adventure with aliens, an all-powerful galactic empire, and space dragons from #1 Bestselling author James David Victor.

Keel Hennity was one of the greatest gladiators in the universe, the victor of countless glorious battles. He was assigned to guard the most dangerous creatures on his home planet. Then he died, and his life truly began.

When Keel’s consciousness was downloaded into the robotic body of an Imperial Marine, he was tasked with protecting the emperor and controlling the incredibly dangerous creature that ended his first life. Can Keel unlock the secrets of Star Dragons and protect the galaxy from a dragon-human war that could end life as we know it?

Imperial Marine is the first book in the Star Dragon series. If you like incredible stories that are part space opera, part military sci-fi adventure, and full of non-stop action, be sure to check out the Star Dragon series today. Oh, and don’t forget about the space dragons.

Download Imperial Marine and see why you really don’t want space dragons flying around your home planet.

Featured Sci-fi: Beyond the Impossible by Frank Kennedy

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Featured Sci-fi: Beyond the Impossible by Frank Kennedy

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Betray your family. Save your world.

Kara Syung has always lived a life of luxury and privilege among Hokkaido’s elite. Yet beneath the glitz and glamor, she senses a looming darkness. Not until her brother’s mysterious death and his final words to her – “They’re going to burn it all. Be a soldier.” – does Kara open her eyes.

Determined to seek justice for her brother and uncover the truth behind his death, Kara must navigate against powerful forces, including her own family and those who control the planet’s food supply. With only a few allies by her side – a lifelong best friend and servant, a ruthless immortal seeking vengeance, a renegade from a fallen empire, and a snub-nosed laser pistol – Kara’s time is running out. In seven days, she will be forced to marry a man she doesn’t love.

Does Kara have the strength to go against everything she has been taught and stand up for what is right? Will she be able to uncover the dark conspiracy that threatens not only Hokkaido, but the entire galactic sector? Join Kara on a wild journey through unexpected worlds as she faces desperate odds in the first installment of the galaxy-spanning nine-book series, Beyond the Impossible.

Expect insane twists and turns in a complex saga where nothing is what it seems, and the laws of time and space are flexible. For readers who love intricate mysteries, space opera on a grand scale, and the rise and fall of galactic empires.

Featured Sci-fi: Openings (Book 1 of the Hayek Chronicles) by James S. Peet

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Featured Sci-fi: Openings (Book 1 of the Hayek Chronicles) by James S. Peet

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He opened a portal to a parallel Earth where humans don’t exist.

For physicist Tim Bowman, it’s the opportunity of a lifetime, but one fraught with peril. Opportunity and danger await, particularly when the local fauna views you as a snack.

Humans may not live here but the mega-fauna of the Pleistocene does, hungry and waiting. But this is nothing compared to what his government back home is planning for him.

Book 1 in an exciting new series, The Hayek Chronicles, by the author of the Corps of Discovery series.